Things have been very quiet on this site since the autumn. The end of November starts a long season of celebration that begins with Thanksgiving and includes Christmas/Jul, Hogmanay, my birthday and my wife’s birthday. Finally concluding around Valborgsmässoafton. I now need to lose around 8 kilos, but it’s a good way to keep the […]
Monthly Archives: April 2013
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I'm John Maxwell Hobbs and I have been working at the intersection of art and technology for more than 20 years.
This site contains my musical efforts released under the name, "Cinema Volta," my personal thoughts on the state of the media industry and some random ranting as well.
You'll find the entire archive of Daily Ambience, the year-long music project I did. As an exploration of ambient music and the limits of my own creativity, I composed and released a new song each day for a year.
Sometimes these songs were sketches, sometimes full-blown compositions, it all depended on my inspiration and my available time. This project began on 30 January, 2005 and ran for a year's worth of songs. I hope you enjoy it.
Under the heading of "Sporadic Outbursts," you'll find some of the new material I've been working on.
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- Heard BÖC’s “Burning For You” for the first time in ages. Realised that apart from the vocal style, it could be a song by Television. 1 day ago
- Some new old stuff: open.spotify.com/album/1vnJaGr2… open.spotify.com/album/1vnJaGr2… 1 day ago
- facebook.com/story.php?stor… 3 days ago
- Just realised how gangsta the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody are. 5 days ago
- Exactly what I've been saying about Silicon Valley's support for UBI all along! (But expressed much more eloquently… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
- facebook.com/story.php?stor… 1 week ago
- Ok - this morning I’ve had not one, but two Glasgow bus drivers not understand my accent. 2 weeks ago
- Dayton Embraces its Funky History citylab.com/life/2018/09/d… 2 weeks ago
- Voted absentee 🗳 in the NY State election. Seem to be voting about once a month these days. 2 weeks ago
- New York is not just dead, the corpse has been dug up and turned into a zombie in a clown suit. nytimes.com/2018/09/26/art… 3 weeks ago
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